1922 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
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Frogner stadion (2010)
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| Venue | Frogner Stadion, Kristiania, Norway | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 18–19 February 1922 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18from 3 nations | ||||||||||||
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Harald Strøm |
 NOR
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Roald Larsen |
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Clas Thunberg |
 FIN
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The 1922 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 18 and 19 February 1922 at the ice rink Frogner Stadion in Kristiania, Norway. This was the first championship after the first world war. The previous championship was 8 years ago this is why there were so many skaters who took part for the first time.
Oscar Mathisen was defending champion but did not defend his title.
Harald Strøm became World champion for the first time.
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com
Four distances have to be skated:
The ranking was made by award ranking points. The points were awarded to the skaters who had skated all the distances. The final ranking was then decided by ordering the skaters by lowest point totals.
One could win the World Championships also by winning at least three of the four distances, so the ranking could be affected by this.
Silver and bronze medals were awarded.
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